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News overview

Posted August 22, 2003 to World category.

While in Pakistan we have oil spills and a hung parliament, the rest of the world has been busy going to pieces.

The bombings in Iraq, Israel, Afghanistan have been the main news this week. Just a few days earlier, I had predicted that things aren’t looking good in Iraq, and sadly enough it seems to be the case. The latest attack seems to signal a shifting strategy of bombings against non-military targets. The US seems to think that the latest attack is a good reason for the world to jump in and help them out, but Who Wants to Go to Iraq Now? There is an excellent post at Body and Soul about the US situation in Iraq.

In Europe, things might be even worse. France Says Heat Toll May Be 10,000 [this via Kevin who wonders why the Iraqis aren’t dying from the heat].

Updated at 10:13 AM on August 15, 2005 | Email
Comments (2 comments so far.)
1. | Kaleem Omar at August 22, 2003 05:48 PM:

Reference your “prediction” of a few days ago about things “not looking good in Iraq.” In fact, things have not been looking good in Iraq for months,if not years.

2. | KO at August 23, 2003 12:13 AM:

Well yes, things have not been looking good since the Iran-Iraq war, but the US are now making that war and even Saddam look almost like the good old days.

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